PNN – Yemeni missile and drone attacks deep inside Saudi Arabia have halted flights at airports in Riyadh and Jeddah.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network; regional news sources reported on Saturday that flights at the international airports in both Jeddah and Riyadh were simultaneously suspended following attacks by Yemeni armed forces.
Published reports indicate that air traffic at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport was temporarily halted following a Yemeni missile attack on the Saudi capital; subsequently, air traffic at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz Airport was also suspended.
Regional news sources reported that disruptions to air traffic have been recorded in the past few minutes at four Saudi Arabian airports: Jeddah, Riyadh, Al-Ahsa, and Dammam.
At the same time, multiple sources reported hearing further explosions in Riyadh.
Yemen’s Al-Masirah network also reported that air traffic monitoring sources announced the suspension of flight operations at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, as well as at the airports in Dammam and Abha.
Attack on Energy Facilities in Eastern Saudi Arabia
News sources have reported plumes of smoke rising from an energy facility in eastern Saudi Arabia following an attack by Yemeni forces early this morning.
Reports indicate that, following the Yemeni attacks, a massive column of black smoke rose from the Shadqam gas facility in Al-Ahsa Province, eastern Saudi Arabia; the smoke remained visible via satellite imagery into the morning.
The Yemeni missile and drone strikes deep within Saudi territory were carried out in response to 77 airstrikes and missile attacks launched by Saudi Arabia against Sana’a, Al-Jawf, Taiz, Hajjah, Sa’dah, and Ma’rib over the past 24 hours.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the official spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces, issued a statement last night announcing that Saudi Arabian fighter jets had carried out 77 airstrikes and missile attacks against Yemen over the past 24 hours.
According to the statement, these attacks targeted civilian sites and locations in Sana’a and the provinces of Ma’rib, Sa’dah, Al-Jawf, Hajjah, Taiz, and Amran.
He added that, including these 77 strikes, the total number of Saudi airstrikes and missile attacks since the escalation of tensions began has reached 1,934.